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Race may play significant role in presidential election, survey finds
Voters' racial attitudes, both conscious and unconscious, may be a significant factor in this year's U.S. presidential election, particularly since whites tend to prefer people of their own race, according to research presented at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
"People may not even be aware that they have certain racial attitudes and that could be why, even with an African-American president in the White House for nearly four years, race continues to play a role in electoral politics," Anthony G. Greenwald, PhD, said in an interview. Greenwald was lead researcher on a Anthony G. Greenwald, PhD, survey of 15,000 voters.
The survey asked respondents about their political beliefs, how "warmly" they felt toward black and white people, and which presidential contender they preferred. The survey was done between January and April 2012, while the Republican hopefuls included Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. The research team also measured unconscious racial attitudes using the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which Greenwald developed more than a decade ago to measure thoughts and biases that people don't realize they have. Variations of the test measure implicit attitudes about topics such as race, gender, sexuality and ethnicity.
The IAT results showed a pattern labeled "automatic white preference" among a majority of eligible white voters. The finding that some candidates are more attractive to voters with pro-white racial attitudes does not mean that those candidates are racist, Greenwald emphasized.
Previous research has shown that both blacks and whites show explicit preferences for their own race, according to Greenwald. However, when it comes to implicit, or unconscious, preferences, blacks tend not to prefer one race over another, whereas close to 70 percent of white Americans show an implicit racial bias, he said.
The research team is continuing to collect data on people's attitudes about the 2012 presidential candidates as part of the Decision 2012 IAT study, with a survey modified to focus on voters' comparisons of Romney with President Obama. Summaries of the data will be posted on the site each month beginning in mid-August. Anyone can take the test at https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/featuredtask.html


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Anonymous operative YamaTough, the spokesperson for the hacktivist group "The Lords of Dharmaraja", mistakenly accused Symantec of attempting to bribe the group in order to prevent the release of source code for several of the company's products.
Turns out the email exchange posted on Pastebin which was alleged to have taken place between YamaTough and a representative from Symantec was really part of a law enforcement sting operation.
After some early communications with YamaTough, Symantec officials quickly realized the hacker and his group were making attempts to illegally extort funds, at which time the company turned over the operation to U.S. law enforcement.
"The e-mail string posted by YamaTough was actually between them and a fake e-mail address set up by law enforcement. YamaTough actually reached out to us, first, saying that if we provided them with money, they would not post any more source code. At that point, given that it was a clear cut case of extortion, we contacted law enforcement and turned the investigation over to them. All subsequent communications were actually between YamaTough and law enforcement agents – not Symantec. This was all part of their investigative techniques for these types of incidents," Cris Paden, Sr. Manager for Corporate Communications at Symantec, said in an email to Infosec Island.
As previously reported, the hacktivists are responsible for exposing parts of the source code for the 2006 version of Symantec's Norton antivirus product, as well as posting questionable documents online that showed that the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) was possibly breached.
YamaTough had also sent Infosec Island 68 sets of usernames and passwords for compromised US government networks. The group maintains claims that the information was obtained from servers owned by various ministries of the Indian government.
Infosec Island had made multiple attempts to prompt YamaTough to provide actual proof that the data had in fact been stolen from servers operated by the Indian government, but all requests were either met with silence or an outright refusal.
Symantec maintains that the source code was stolen in 2006 in a previously undetected network security breach at the company. It is not known how YamaTough came to be in possession of the data, but it is certain now that he and his cohorts were looking to profit from it.
"In January an individual claiming to be part of the 'Anonymous' group attempted to extort a payment from Symantec in exchange for not publicly posting stolen Symantec source code they claimed to have in their possession. Symantec conducted an internal investigation into this incident and also contacted law enforcement given the attempted extortion and apparent theft of intellectual property. The communications with the person(s) attempting to extort the payment from Symantec were part of the law enforcement investigation. Given that the investigation is still ongoing, we are not going to disclose the law enforcement agencies involved and have no additional information to provide," Paden said in a comment on an Infosec Island article.
It is clear from the email exchange posted on Pastebin that YamaTough's reasons for threatening to release the source code has little or nothing to do with the original stated purpose YamaTough provided in an Interview with Infosec Island in January - to gain attention from the press and to undermine the current government of India in an effort to replace them with a more pro-American regime.
"…my team is pro US, we fight for rights in our country we are not intentionally harm US companies (sometimes we do hack into since our botnet is worldwide) but we do not steal credit cards and make money of it and we do not do banks etc. Our mission - exposure of the corruption... We wanna apologize for harm taken by the Symantec USCC and others, but without them being involved things which do occur in our state would never be covered and taken to the public, sometimes you have to sacrifice in order to achieve... and we do not approve sharing personal data and source codes with foreign governments. We want free and nice India and not police state," YamaTough had previous proclaimed.
YamaTough also indicated the group is in possession of sensitive data from several companies other than Symantec, and they have yet to decide whether or not they will make the information public.
YamaTough subsequently tweeted that the stolen source code was now available for purchase on the black market: "All the Symantec source codes are now on sale! PcAnywhere, System Works, Internet Security and Norton GoBack with Utilities, NAV".
The message was followed by "Let the SYM show the paperwork to proove the STING =) them lols just try to look good after mayhem. Anyway NAV relase today comin... NAV release coming in 7 hours," and indication that the group may release the stolen source code today.
Several sources are reporting that the source code for Symantec's PCanywhere product has been posted on The Pirate Bay - a screenshot of the supposed data dump here (click to enlarge):

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The more I learn about General Relativity, the more it seems like it isn't fully understood. It seems that before it's full consequences were exhaustively understood, not 10 years after its discovery, QM came on the scene and stole the limelight. Now it seems like a "boring" field without much funding, even though all but the most trivial and artificial types of solutions to the field equations are known. Here, for example, @Ron Maimon describes how classically a type of black hole allows solutions in which a particle can cross the event horizon, and then exit the event horizon at an earlier time, seemingly leading to causal paradoxes. It sounds like this is an issue that was never fully resolved. It seems the sort of very messy thing that, once properly understood, could lead to some very odd physical behavior.
Is it possible that all particles are just extremal black holes, and that Quantum Mechanics is just an emergent property of the solution to Einstein's field equations for the interactions between extremal black holes going backwards and forwards and time? Does something like Bell's inequality rule out this sort of idea?
There are some papers purporting to do this. Mitchel Porter pointed out these: McCorkle, Hadley
I also found: McCorkle
And then there is Mendel Sachs who has written a number of books purporting to derive QM from GR.


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By LAUREN WALKER
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LANSING — Preserving historic barns does more than maintain the beauty of the state's rural landscape — it has economic benefits as well, preservation experts say.
Steve Stier, president of the Michigan Barn Preservation Network, a Mount Pleasant-based advocacy group, said barn preservation adds to the economy because it often creates new businesses, agritourism destinations and jobs.
The organization promotes the rehabilitation of old farm buildings for agricultural and other uses.
Stier said that since most historic barns require a lot of expensive upkeep, the network encourages an entrepreneurial spirit so owners think of new uses for their buildings and ways that their barns could generate revenue to cover maintenance costs.
"We've had barns converted to all sorts of different uses from churches to homes to feed stores to rental buildings where people can have weddings," he said.
He said that while non-traditional uses for old barns such as office space conversion are popular, many historic barns are still used for their original purposes on farms.
He said that with increased interest in local food sources, wineries and agricultural practices, farms no longer exist solely to produce crops or raise animals, but as an educational resource for people who don't live in rural areas.
"It's an attraction because folks from the city bring their kids to the farm to see how agriculture and their food is actually produced," he said.
That interest in agricultural practices has promoted a number of innovative agritourism destinations across the state, said Amy Seng, director of the Ludington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
She said people like to experience things, so embracing the experience of a community's agricultural assets is important.
For the past three years, the agricultural heritage of old barns has been showcased in the Barns & Byways Tour. Participants visit a number of historic barns in the Mason County area.
Seng said the event has been a success, which she attributes not only to its 400 average participants but also to barn owners.
"The barn owners are very open and they're very excited and passionate about showing their property and their barn. Whenever that happens, the passion alone helps the success of the event," she said.
A similar passion among owners in other counties has led to the success of another type of agritourism destination that celebrates rural lifestyle and historic barns — quilt barn trails.
A quilt barn trail is a leisurely touring excursion that self-guides visitors to barns throughout a region.
A quilt barn is distinguished by a large wooden block painted to resemble a traditional quilt pattern and mounted on the side of the structure.
The first quilt barn trail was created 10 years ago in Ohio, according to Cindi Van Hurk, vice president of the Alcona County Quilt Trail, the first in Michigan.
Since then, trails in the Old Mission Peninsula near Traverse City and Osceola County have been established.
Evelyn Johnson, creator of the Quilt Barn Trail of Old Mission Peninsula and author of Barns of Old Mission Peninsula (Eladybug Publications), said there's no financial incentive for owners to participate in the program, but they do so out of passion.
"Sometimes it's kind of a pain when people are driving in their yards to look at their quilt, but they love it. They're all extremely glad that they've got this and are just plain proud of it," she said.
Both Johnson and Van Hurk said there's no way to count how many visitors tour self-guided trails, so the only way the can measure the trails success is by the number of maps printed.
Johnson recently printed 10,000 maps for the Old Mission Peninsula Trail and Van Hurk said the Alcona County Quilt Trail ordered 3,000 brochures and they plan to order another 3,000 this year.
Considering the volume of brochures distributed and the number of positive reactions, Johnson predicted that barn quilt trails will grow in popularity.
Stier agreed and said the emphasis on showcasing barns will have positive impacts on heritage preservation and the economy.
"In these times people, want to think about things that are more simplistic and more back-to-the-earth and having the simple life. The farmsteads and barns represent that, so I think more people are inclined to give that more thought," he said.
He added that agritourism events benefit small economies by inspiring owners to fix their barns, which requires hiring people and buying materials.
Van Hurk also said that while the trails increase awareness of agricultural preservation heritage, benefits for local economies are just as good, if not better.
"We have businesses on the trail — we have one place that was a honey farm and the owner said it's been terrific for her business.
"One of the goals was to promote small businesses along the way, and it's worked very well. We're pretty pleased," she said.
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With so many different entertainment options out there for your children, we at PopcornBiz thought we'd take a moment each week to dissect one piece of family entertainment strictly from a parent's perspective, so that you know what parts are appropriate for your loved ones, and which are not. This week's COVER YOUR EYES subject: "Snow White".
By now, you know that 50 different remakes of "Snow White" are coming to your local multiplex soon, including this one starring Julia Roberts as the Wicked Queen, and man does she not look wicked in that photo. So, with all those new versions in mind, let's pause for a moment to take a look back at the original "Snow White," the very first animated feature film in history, to see if it's appropriate for your little huntsmen.
The "Will Parents Be Able To Tolerate It?" Factor: "Snow White" was made in 1937, which blows my skull. At first glance, you're probably going to wince at how dated the film looks, especially if you don't like musicals. But that cynicism evaporates as you venture deeper into the movie. This is still a gorgeous movie to look at, and anyone who appreciates good movies will marvel at the fact that they're watching what amounts to a moving watercolor painting. It's a colossal achievement that grows more impressive with each passing year. And, unlike today's animated features, there are no sassy talking animals, no Black Eyed Peas songs, and no suffocating pop culture references. It's the most sincere film ever made, and a good parent will appreciate that.
The Dead Parent Factor: Snow White's father is out of the picture at the beginning of this movie, but you aren't told why. All you know is that Snow White is there and that the Wicked Queen is wicked. So the whole Disney-patented "dead parent" element isn't as pronounced. However, there is the matter of the Wicked Queen hiring a hit-huntsman to carve out Snow White's heart, Snow White nearly getting stabbed to death by said hit-huntsman, and the Wicked Queen turning herself into a witch (terrifying) and putting the sleeping death spell on Snow White. Trust me: When you're five years old, the idea of a "Sleeping death" is one you chew on.
The Sexism Factor: There's no getting around it: Snow White is a moron. She falls for the poisoned apple trick. She trusts cackly old witches. And she's more than happy to exist within 1930's gender standards: whistling while she cleans and cooking for her new dwarf landlords. And she requires a prince to come and rescue her from her coma. She's a lousy role model. But she sure does look purty.
The Sexy Sex Sex Factor: Only some gentle courting from Prince Charming. Otherwise, it's a very chaste film.
The Scare Factor: Again, you've got a foiled stabbing. But you also have to deal with ghostly mirrors, a haunted forest, and the Wicked Queen falling off a cliff. "Snow White" is a movie that introduces a lot of big, dark ideas to kids: death, jealousy, vengeance, deception, etc. As always, it's healthy for them to learn about these things and ponder them. But you don't want little Daisy up at night wondering if the Huntsman is gonna cut her heart out. That ain't fun.
Age Range: Four and up. There are few better ways to introduce your kids to big topics than with an all-time classic.


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A news conference was held on January 31, 2012 to sound the alarm on the dangers of synthetic drugs. Sheriff Bill Gore said, "One of our concerns surrounding the use of these designer drugs is the inherent innocence in their names. Make no mistake; these are toxic substances that can and have resulted in death. Our goal in sending this letter and holding this news event is to educate parents, businesses and the public on the dangers of spice and bath salts."
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Sourcing and buying fabric you like can be a little difficult, but perseverence does pay off in the end!
Patchworking or quilting fabrics are really popular amongst crafters, the 100% cotton fibre feels wonderful and is great to work with, the prints are many and varied, and it's easy to buy small amounts, stash it away, and figure out what to make from it later.
The main problem I have with quilting fabric is that I am VERY picky when it comes to pattern. I prefer bolder, brighter styles, have an aversion (in most cases) to floral, and despise pink. Many many many quilting fabrics don't fall into this category. Luckily though, there are some designers that favour bold prints, and the new generation of crafters are inspiring a greater variety of fabrics, rather than your traditional pinks, muddy colours, tiny florals and such.
One of my favourite designers, Denyse Schmidt, makes a gorgeous range of bright cotton prints with vintage influences that I really love. The fabrics are a little lighter in weight than I am used to, but the prints are GORGEOUS.
So, advice number one, find some designers you really like, and follow their collections. That being said, ONLY buy fabrics you love, or think you can love. There's no point buying a whole stack of Amy Butler prints if you hate the colourways. Buying designer fabric just because it's designer is just as absurd to me as spending the equivalent of a small house on a handbag just because it's a Vuitton. You might have fashionista cred, but your handbag will still be fucking ugly!
Tip number two: Buy Online. In Australia, the average price for quilting cotton is around 20 - 25 dollars a metre. Online, the same fabric sells for anywhere between US$5 - $20 a yard. In most cases, even including postage, exchange rate, and yards versus metres, The fabric I buy online ends up costing me about half the price it would if I bought it retail in Australia. This is a real pity for me, I would much prefer to go to the fabulous local quilting shop and buy up a storm, but the reality is, I just can't afford to.
Instead, I frequent a few select online fabric stores that come highly recommended by other crafters, and have always provided me with consistently good product and service. A few of my favourites?
Superbuzzy specialises in japanese fabrics, notions, books and supplies, stocks a brilliant range of weird and wonderful bits and pieces, and every time you order something, they send you some Japanese lollies as well! The fabrics I used in my pincushion tutorial are both from Superbuzzy - Some of thier fabrics are a bit cutesy-poo for me, but they do stock some great bright, graphic prints as well.
Repro Depot sell a fantastic rance of vintage and retro themed fabric, buttons, patches, trim and notions. They always have something on sale, and unlike other stores, the sale bin usually has something good in it, rather than just the ugly fabric no-one wants to buy!
Another fabric store I love is Z and S Fabrics. They sell lots of my favourite designers, have a good turnaround on new fabrics, and a range that is so big, I can't even get my head around it.
I have purchased fabrics from all of these stores, and can personally recommend them. There are loads of others, feel free to look at them too, but I'm sticking to places I have actually bought fabric from for this post....
Tip Number Three - Don't forget the Op Shop. Thrifted fabric is brilliant. It's cheap, varied, compatible with re-use and re-cycle ethics, and usually of a nature that you will not find anywhere else. Keep an eye out in your favourite thrift shops, it's amazing how much fabric is out there if you look for it.
Depending on what it is that you make, don't forget to rummage through not only the fabric bin, but the sheets and linens, tea towels and blankets. Clothing can be cut up and made into other things, especially fabric heavy items like skirts, sarongs, shawls and dresses. Wool jumpers or sweaters can be felted in the washing machine with soap and hot water, and used to make other things. At the op shop, anything is possible. Learn to see the fabric, not the ugly outfit. Some of my favourite fabrics have been found in the op shop, and you'll usually get much larger amounts of fabric too!
Tip Number Four: Your bog-standard fabric shop. I still routinely drop into Lincraft and Spotlight, and never leave Ikea without at least a metre of fabric under my arm. These places are full of mass produced shit, but sometimes there's a gem in there that you'll die over.
On one of my last Spotlight visits I got 5 metres of lightweight linen for $2 a metre because it was old summer stock.
The fabric at Ikea is big and bright and bold, cheap as, and heavyweight cotton drill to boot. Perfect for furnishings and cushions, things you might get sick of in six months and want to change. There's no shame in a chain store, just remember to ONLY BUY FABRIC YOU ACTUALLY LIKE!!!!! Same rules apply as for designer - don't buy it just because it's cheap! Only buy it if you really like it or you know EXACTLY what you're going to use it for!
Well, that's it. The Mega Fabric Post!
My only last peice of advice is: don't be afraid to buy fabric, don't worry about what it was before, never mind if you don't know exactly what you're going to make out of it (as long as you love it, that is!), and when you get it home, don't be afraid to cut into it!
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- Training – The club's Voluntary instructors can deliver all BSAC training, up to and including Advanced Diver. Details of Training Fees are available upon request.
- Free Air – The club owns its own compressor and, following payment of an initial fee, subsequent fills are free.
- NITROX – The club can provide Nitrox (EANX) to suitably qualified members, with O2 clean cylinders, for substantially less than commercial providers.
- Use of club equipment – Diving members can use club equipment for a small charge, to cover servicing & repairs.
- Club dives – Suitably qualified/experienced members organise dives that are open to all suitably qualified/experienced members.
- Safety – Adherence to the training you receive with the club and to safe diving practices should help you to dive safely wherever you go in the world. An oxygen administration, first aid & AED kit should be taken to all UK club dives.
- Experience – Newer members can gain knowledge from more experienced club-mates. This is especially important for trainee and Ocean divers.
A warm welcome to divers from other agencies!
Kendal & Lakes Sub Aqua Club also welcomes previous diver training by recognised organisations, whether recreational, commercial or even military. It doesn't matter who you trained with, if you've never dived in the UK before or if you haven't dived for a few seasons, we're sure to have something to interest you. You can continue your training by 'crossing over' to BSAC, or have your existing qualification recognised by BSAC and just dive.
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Other than that, this thing is a real beauty and wpuld perfectly match my next build. In my point of view the pricing is fair.
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You could say the original Sidekick was the first shot fired in the smartphone revolution.
With a flip of the thumb, you could expose the physical keyboard hidden behind the screen. It was aligned horizontally to make typing easier, but it wasn't too bulky. And the large screen – bigger than most other phones in 2002 – made tasks like browsing the web and writing e-mails on your phone actually seem like ideas worth getting used to.
Over the years, the Sidekick and its successors ended up losing out to the newer breed of smartphones ushered in by the iPhone – devices with advanced operating systems and apps, and with touch displays in place of physical keyboards.
So, can the Sidekick make a comeback? Samsung hopes so: The latest iteration of the old classic, the Sidekick 4G for T-Mobile, stays true to its heritage while bumping up its specs and adding a host of media and entertainment perks.
It's an Android phone built for the 4G now, but it has some hardware and software quirks that make it feel several steps behind.
Samsung stuck with the traditional Sidekick silhouette, with two buttons placed on either side of the 3.5-inch 480 x 800 resolution touchscreen. A Home button and Jump button grace the left side. A Menu key and Back key are situated on the right, with a small optical track button sandwiched in the middle.
Being right handed, it took a while to get used to this button placement. I really wanted the Home button to be on the bottom right when it's held in landscape orientation, with the Back button above that and the Menu and Jump keys on the left. My thumbs got lost often.
The phone has about the same heft as an iPhone 4, but is slightly longer and about 50 percent thicker. It fits in a front pocket, but it is a bit chunky. That thickness comes from the physical keyboard under the screen. The Sidekick's screen slides out using a unique "pop-tilt" mechanism, revealing the display's sassy pink underside, after it's snapped into a comfortable viewing angle.
Sliding the screen out takes a bit of practice: You need to use both thumbs, applying pressure to the crack between the screen and keyboard. But all you have to do is nudge it free of the body, and the screen springs out the rest of the way on its own. You can't apply the force horizontally, which is a departure from other slide-out keyboards, and from the swivel screen on older Sidekicks.
Also, the volume rocker and power button sit just a hair below where you need to place your thumbs to push the display out. This leads to a lot of unintended volume adjustments, screen shut-offs and other accidental button-presses when flipping the screen up. Sliding the screen back in without pressing any of the buttons also takes some getting used to.
For my dainty lady thumbs, the QWERTY keyboard was a little uncomfortably spaced out, dropping my texting speed a few notches. Male friends with longer — normal-sized? – thumbs thought the keyboard size was just right.
The Sidekick 4G comes with Samsung's Kick UX skin for Froyo onboard. It's less than intuitive – there are three ways to access just about every app or feature of the phone, which can be a little confusing. But it's fine once you find one method you prefer over the others.
The Jump key (a Sidekick legacy) was particularly handy in this respect: It lets you switch from one recently used application to another while bypassing the home screen. It's not exactly multitasking, but it is a timesaver.
Once inside an app or widget though, you lose those options. With some apps, like the Facebook widget, you have no choice but to use the Back button (heavily) to navigate. That's a bit of a shame on a touchscreen device. And although the handset is clearly meant to be used primarily in landscape mode, several apps and functions require it to be in portrait orientation.
The Sidekick 4G stays true to its chat roots with a slew of messaging options, including Google Talk and the phone's signature Group Text and Cloud Text Features. Group Text provides functionality similar to that of other app- or web-based group texting services like GroupMe, allowing you to create and manage a group of contacts and send mass SMS messages. This is great for getting a message out to a specific group of people (your family, your co-workers, a circle of friends) speedily and easily.
But those subscribed to limited texting plans may not appreciate the barrage of texts that result from the reply-all nature of the service. Cloud Text is similar, but works across platforms, so you can text from your PC or the Sidekick.
There's a VGA front-facing camera you can use to video-chat through Qik's service. Around the back, there's a heftier 3.2-megapixel camera. That's subpar by today's standards, but the software offers multiple settings that photo geeks can use to tweak images. You can shoot photos in black and white, sepia and panoramic modes, and adjust the exposure, white balance, contrast, saturation and sharpness. Video quality is nothing special.
If you actually use your phone to make calls, you'll be happy to hear that the call quality is superb. The phone's noise cancellation is so well-implemented that during a lull in conversation with my dad on my bus ride home, the line became so silent that he thought the call had been dropped.
During my testing, I found T-Mobile's network speeds – HSPA+ 4G or otherwise – to be generally good. The latest episode of 30 Rock downloaded in minutes, and web pages loaded at least as quickly as on comparable smartphones. T-Mobile says you'll get 5-to-10-Mbps download speeds wherever it can connect to 4G, and I found no reason to dispute that claim. The Sidekick will also act as a mobile hot spot for up to five devices.
Overall, the Samsung Sidekick 4G gives a modern update to the traditional look and feel of the old Sidekick handsets, but it suffers a bit from some odd hardware-design choices, and from software quirks. Viewed as just another Android phone, it's tough to recommend it over other Android handsets out there. However, longtime Sidekick users or Blackberry owners transitioning to Android will like the Sidekick's big keyboard, and they should be pleased enough with the user experience.
WIRED Physical keyboard will keep thumb warriors happy. Tons of media options and chat features keep you entertained and connected. Speedy 1-GHz Hummingbird processor gets things moving: Games like Angry Birds Rio don't stutter in the slightest. Battery life easily lasts all day for normal mixed usage. Background noise? What background noise?
TIRED Screen-popping mechanism is a bit tricky. Button placement is downright poor. The mix of onscreen-touch and physical-button navigation is perplexing and redundant. It takes a lot of work to get a good photo –- if I wanted to mess with that many settings, I would have gotten an actual digital camera.
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Sure, Mark Sloan and Lexie Grey died, and Arizona had her leg amputated. But what has been most painful for some Grey's Anatomy fans this season is the agonizing distance between Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd).
After the plane crash, Cristina hightailed it out of Seattle, willing to deal with the harsh winter of Minnesota to get as far away from her old stomping grounds as possible. Does her move signal the end of C/O as we know it? "I think they really are destined to be together," McKidd tells TVGuide.com.
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Let's all take a moment to exhale. Below, McKidd dishes on what's in store for the troubled lovers this season, including Owen's big move. Plus: What are the repercussions of the plane crash? Get the scoop:
What can you tell us about Cristina and Owen's journey this year?
Kevin McKidd: It's hard to see just how they're going to fix things. They're pretty damaged and there have been wrongs done on both sides. They're both pretty strong-willed people, they love each other and they've got this deep connection that's undeniable. In the first couple of episodes, you don't really see them make much headway. Owen's trying to reach out to Cristina and she's not really able or willing to receive much from Owen yet. There's still that distance between them that hopefully will break down as they move forward. They're very much as separate as they've ever been even though they're married.
But is there hope for them?
McKidd: I think there's hope. I just hope they can make it because I think they're a cool couple and I think they really are destined to be together, but how they do that is hard to tell at the moment. I think it's going to be Owen striving to win her back, but it's going to take a while.
With all the death and damage from the plane crash, Owen seems to be handling being in charge well.
McKidd: The good thing about Owen this year is he's rising to the occasion. Even though this is maybe the toughest year at Seattle Grace with all this loss going on, he's doing a good job. He's not a shoulder to cry on or touchy-feely, but he knows what people need.
He also needs his own safety valve. I think he realizes, in the episode that I'm directing, through speaking to Callie [Sara Ramirez] and going through his own process, that he needs to simplify his life. Things are so complex here. So, he decides that he's moving out of the firehouse and he's going to ask Derek [Patrick Dempsey] if he can stay in the woods in the trailer. It seems like the natural place for Owen to regress to when things are really bad. He goes to the ultimate man cave and just really downsizes his life and just lives out in the woods and runs the hospital. He's in a bit of a holding pattern, in a way. He's waiting to see where Cristina is, he's feeling very helpless and very out of control and all that stuff, so that's how he's coping with it.
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Does he feel any guilt over forwarding his calls during the plane crash?
McKidd: I think obviously he feels responsible. It was under his watch that this thing happened, even though it's not his fault. He can't help but feel this survivor's guilt. That will play out in an interesting way. It might be something that could come back to haunt him. He's going to be under a lot of pressure in the coming episodes and that's going to get ugly professionally for him.
Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) will be going through PTSD, surely. Will Owen be there to help her?
McKidd: I think he hopes that Arizona can get back to a place where she can be back running the department again. But amputation, it takes as long as it takes. She's in her own inner circle of Callie and the guy that's going to rehabilitate her.
What does his relationship with Derek look like this season with Cristina gone and Mark (Eric Dane) dead?
McKidd: There's a lot of honesty between him and Derek. We clear the decks. We've always been quite honest with each other, but this strips their relationship down even more and they get much clearer and simpler with each other while everything around them is so complicated. Initially you see them being quite there for each other and you definitely see that friendship gather steam.
Will Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) be there at all to help him with the Cristina stuff?
McKidd: I think there's a tacit agreement now. Owen and Cristina are made for each other, and I think Meredith's more on that side now. She gets what the connection is between Owen and Cristina more than she ever did.
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Will Owen try to find someone new while Cristina is away, or does he feel too much guilt after cheating on her?
McKidd: I think he's manning up to what happened. He's holding out for Christina. Whether that will be reciprocated, he doesn't know. But until he's explored every avenue to see if it's healable and fixable, then he's going to hold out for her because she's the love of his life. I think he still hopes that she feels the same way about him.
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Gun control activists organize March for Change Thursday in Hartford
Ethan Rodriguez-Torrent, a senior at Yale, says he'll never forget being in the theater in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012, the night a gunman opened fire, wounding two of his friends.
"It's difficult to describe. It was dark, and there was definitely a lot of adrenaline," he said in a phone interview. And it led Rodriguez-Torrent, who before that night would have described himself as "passively for gun control," to become an activist in the cause.
And then, less than five months later, 20 schoolchildren and six adults were killed in Newtown, and Rodriguez-Torrent, like so many others, became even more passionate about getting guns off the streets.
He has joined with other activists, many meeting at kitchen tables, in churches and synagogues, in community centers, and even on social networking sites, to organize the March for Change, which will take place Thursday at the Capitol in Hartford.
The March for Change was originally the brain-child of two Fairfield County moms, Nancy Lefkowitz and Meg Staunton, who decided the day of the shooting that something had to be done. They invited people from the community to meet in Lefkovitz's kitchen the following Monday to decide how they could help.
"But then, after we posted it on Facebook, we started hearing from people who said they were coming," said Staunton. "Suddenly, we realized we had to move the meeting to a church in Westport because there were so many. Over 250 people showed up. It wasn't because of Nancy and me. It was because the Newtown incident was a tipping point."
But Staunton hastens to add -- and Rodriguez-Torrent agreed with this -- it's not all about Newtown.
"So many people die from guns in our cities every day," Staunton said. "The plight of the urban families is really the bigger issue. These mass shootings are quite rare, but we need to grab hold of the passion and the energy to help out people where this is happening on a daily basis."
"In Connecticut, we are fourth in the country in terms of the strength of our gun laws, but we can do better," said Lefkowitz. "There is a moment, and that moment is right now. Something is broken, and we need to make a profound change."
Ron Pinciaro, executive director of CT Against Gun Violence, said, "We are working to put together the most comprehensive anti-gun violence legislation in the America. Connecticut will become the template, and the other states can follow our lead."
The goals of the march include enacting "common-sense gun laws": calling for a ban on high capacity ammunition magazines, strengthen the assault weapons ban, and require background checks on all sales and transfers of guns.
"We understand that people may have a different point of view, but I think we can all agree that we want to keep our kids safe," said Lefkowitz. "Our hearts are broken, and now is the time to let our voices be heard."
The march will take place at 11 a.m. on the back lawn of the State Capitol building, at 300 Capitol Ave. in Hartford, facing Bushnell Memorial Park. The governor and lieutenant governor will be speaking, as will family members whose children were killed in Newtown, a survivor from Virginia Tech, and parents of kids who have died in urban shootings.
Go to www.ctmomsonline.com/marchforchange if you need a ride; there are still some seats available on buses going to the march.
Go to www.marchforchange.org for more information and directions.


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If any proof is needed that Ben Ainslie (GBR) is at the top of his game, then today was proof indeed. After dominating and winning both races in the brutal environment of the cold and windy Falmouth Bay, he now takes a 10 point lead over Ed Wright (GBR) and Andrew Mills (GBR) at the half way stage of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Gold Cup.
Tuesday was always going to be the big wind day in Falmouth and it didn't disappoint though it wasn't the epic day many were forecasting. However, with temperatures plummeting in the northerly winds, the 16-20 knot wind felt like a lot more. The sea remained relatively flat for the wind speed, with the wind coming off the land and making the racing tricky and very tactical with large shifts as the fleet approached the windward mark.
Most of the fleet favoured the left side on the first beat of race five, with the leaders crossing tacks several times before they rounded. Rafael Trujillo (ESP) rounded first from Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN) and Ed Wright (GBR). Ben Ainslie (GBR) rounded in fifth but had moved up to second behind Høgh-Christensen at the downwind gate. The two traded tacks on the second beat, before Ainslie sailed further to the right and found a way through. Ainslie rounded the top mark clear ahead ahead while Piotr Kula (POL) had sailed a great second beat to move up to third.
The race ended with two fast and thrilling reaches down to the finish. Ainslie and Høgh-Christensen extended on the fleet by several hundred metres, while Kula capsized and lost ground. Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) took advantage of that and crossed in third.
The race committee was keen to get things moving fast as by now everyone was extremely cold. Høgh-Christensen was again in good form, rounding the top mark ahead of Mark Andrews (GBR) and Ainslie. Ainslie was impressively fast down the run sailing past his rivals to round the gate with a 50 metre advantage. From there he played the shifts on the left on the second upwind to lead down the reaches for a substantial win.
Høgh-Christensen had dropped back on the second upwind as it became a battle of perseverance in the tough conditions. Finally Tapio Nirkko (FIN) emerged into second with Andrew Mills (GBR) in third. Nothing much changed down the reaches and they finished in that order.
At the half way stage Ainslie has yet to put a foot wrong with nothing below third place in winds from 8 to 22 knots. He is already looking hard to beat. Ed Wright continues to be consistent enough to maintain second while Andrew Mills is able to discard his 21st from race five today to remain in third overall. However with the discard kicking in the points are getting closer. Høgh-Christensen is just one point behind Mills while the next four boats are all within six points of each other.
The race for Olympic selection is increasing its pace now for the six nations that will qualify here. Top performer so far is Piotr Kula who picked up a 12th and a fifth today to end up in seventh overall, ten places ahead of his main rival Rafal Szukiel (POL) who didn't have such a good day.
Other nations currently in qualifying positions are Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, China and Turkey. While Germany and Austria have lone sailors here, China, Czech Republic and Turkey have several here and those trials also need to be decided.
Despite his capsize in race five Kula still sailed a counting race. "I was in third place at the time, actually it was my mistake because I didn't see the gust coming and my boom just touched the water and I capsized. I lost quite a few positions but I gained them back in the next race because I finished fifth in the last one, I'm really really tired, but happy."
"It's been going really well so far, there's been three days of sailing and I've had four races in the top ten so this is really good. We've already had two trial regattas for the Olympics, in Majorca and Hyeres, and after Hyeres I was leading with one point over my colleague, Rafal, so far I'm keeping this so hopefully it will stay like this."
Second overall Ed Wright summed up his week so far, "I got a first on the first day, then slipped to second over the last couple of days. Ben's been sailing pretty well, and I've been struggling with the tactics on the last couple of days. I've been rounding the top mark always pretty good but then the second beat is not so great. But I'm pretty happy with the way I'm sailing. They are great conditions out there and I'm really enjoying being in Falmouth and racing against these guys; it's tough competition."
"Today it was pretty windy and upwind I was going pretty fast but I've only done a small amount of sailing this year and I just pretty much went into survival mode on the run. I slipped a little bit on the run actually but I did come out today with a fourth and a fifth and I'm really happy."
Hoegh-Christensen said, "The first race was quite tricky. I didn't get a good start but I managed to fight my way back and sail a very good first beat and got back up to second, rounded in second and passed Rafa down the run and I was first at the bottom, and then I was duking it out with Ben all the way up the beat and I did a small mistake and he passed me."
"In the second race I led around the windward mark by quite a bit and it was looking pretty good all the way round, then I got into a bit of a hole down the first run and Ben and Mark Andrews passed me and then on the second beat I couldn't hit a shift to save my life and I ended up rounding in tenth so it was a total catastrophe. I got back up to eighth. I think there's a good chance I could climb back up the leader board. I got a little closer to Ed and Mills so there's a good chance I can hopefully pass them tomorrow."
Another sailor having a great regatta is Tapio Nirkko, currently in seventh overall. "Today was a really brutal day, conditions were extremely tough, the temperature is quite low and it's quite gusty and windy today so it was challenging for everyone. In the first race I had some troubles in the first upwind, my tactics were quite bad and I was completely in the wrong corner but it was a good recovery and decent result. In the second race I started better and I got perfect lines right from the beginning. I was pretty much picking up places the whole race until the end so I'm quite happy with that. It's challenging and it's the same for everybody, but that's why we are here."
Mark Andrews has improved his position every race, ending up with a seventh and sixth today to sit in 11th overnight. "The regatta started off pretty bad for me but it seems to be getting better and better as each race goes on so that's good and hopefully I'll be somewhere near the top of the pile at the end of the week. Obviously Ben's got a good lead at the moment but I hope to be somewhere near the top five, and a chance of a medal would be good."
The final word today comes from regatta leader Ben Ainslie, "It was a great day and really awesome sailing but hard work. Tactically it was hard and physically it was harder but I had a good day. It was mainly about getting the shifts right but the left played well at the top of the beat. There were quite a lot of shifts out there so I was just trying to be on the right side of the big ones."
There will hopefully be some respite for the sailors tomorrow with very light winds forecast. There are just four more races before the split for the medal race on Friday. Wednesday's two races are sheduled to start at 11.00 and you can follow the racing every day on the event blog at: http://falmouthfinnfestival.com/liveevent/C1
A highlights video from day three will soon be posted on http://www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel
Top 10 after six races (one discard)
Full results: http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com/goldcup-results/C1


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'Windmills of Your Mind' singer Noel Harrison dies
British actor and musician Noel Harrison, who sang the Academy Award-winning ballad "The Windmills of Your Mind," has died at 79.
Harrison's wife, Lori Chapman, said Tuesday that he suffered a heart attack after a performance on Saturday in Devon, southwest England, and died in a hospital.
The son of actor Rex Harrison, Noel Harrison was a British champion skier and represented the country at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics before becoming a professional musician.
He moved to the United States during the 1960s' "British invasion" and had his greatest success with "The Windmills of Your Mind," which was the theme to 1968 heist movie "The Thomas Crown Affair" and won the best-song Oscar.
Harrison wrote on his website that did not immediately realize the power of the song, by French composer Michel Legrand and American lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
"I went to the studio one afternoon and sang it and pretty much forgot about it," he wrote. Harrison also appeared opposite Stefanie Powers in the 1966-67 TV series, "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E."
He lived in Canada for many years but returned to Britain in the 1990s. He was married three times, and is survived by his wife, several children and grandchildren.
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Armchair Travel
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The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler
What it is:
a keenly observed look at Egypt during and after the Arab Spring through the lens of both the past and the present featuring can't-miss interactions with a wide variety of people, including a thoughtful garbage collector and a gay translator.
About the author:
Between 2011-2016,
The New Yorker
journalist Peter Hessler lived in Egypt with his wife and young twin daughters and learned Egyptian Arabic. Hessler has also lived in China and written several acclaimed books about the country, including
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Rob Kugler, a Marine veteran and photographer, and Bella, the sweet chocolate lab who was by his side when he returned home from war and dealt with the loss of his brother, who died fighting in Iraq.
What it's about:
their poignant road trip around the U.S. after Bella was diagnosed with incurable cancer, as well as Rob's thoughts about purpose and life and his memories of the military and his family.
Will I need a hanky?
Probably -- but you'll have some laughs too!
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China
Frank Langfitt
What it's about:
Wanting to provide people a private, casual place to talk, NPR China correspondent Frank Langfitt (a former Philly cab driver) offered free rides to anyone willing to chat.
Did it work?
Definitely. All sorts of interesting people opened up about their lives, hopes, and views of their rapidly changing country.
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For another delightful taxi-centric travel tale, try Layne Mosler's
Driving Hungry
, which details her experiences asking cab drivers around the globe where she should eat.
Monsieur Mediocre: One American Learns the High Art of Being Everyday French
John von Sothen
John von Sothen, an American writer for French
Vanity Fair
who married a Frenchwoman and has lived and raised his family in a Parisian apartment near the Gare du Nord for the past 15 years.
What it is:
a witty, fresh essay collection that lovingly upends rose-colored stereotypes of the City of Light.
Don't miss:
the author's memories of growing up in D.C. with his parents (a broadcast journalist and an artist); the family's Parisian staycations.
Looking for Adventure
Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick...
William Carlsen
What it's about:
uthor William Carlsen explored
the Yucatan jungle, retracing
the steps of U.S. ambassador to Central America John L. Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, who, in 1839,
uncovered amazing
2,000-year-old Mayan ruins that forced a rethinking of recorded history.
Don't miss:
how Carlsen skillfully brings Stephens' and Catherwood's personalities to life while recounting their adventures.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
What it's about:
Researching the commercialization of Mt. Everest in 1996, Jon Krakauer set out with a guide and other groups to trek to the summit. When a snowstorm hit, several people died, including two of the best mountaineers in the world.
What it is:
a harrowing and evocative firsthand account of the events.
Read this next:
The Climb
, by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt, which offers a competing viewpoint of the tragedy; or the soon-to-be-released essay collection
Classic Krakauer
, out in October
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
Robert Kurson
dedicated treasure hunters John Mattera and John Chatterton as well as legendary technology-averse hunter Tracy Bowden.
What happens:
Author Robert Kurson (whose
Shadow Divers
also features Chatterton) compellingly traces the men's high-stakes quest to find the
Golden Fleece
, a sunken ship that once belonged to notorious English sea captain-turned-pirate Joseph Bannister.
For fans of:
Stephan Talty's
Empire of Blue Water
, pirates, nautical history, and swashbuckling tales of derring-do.
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Hampton Sides
What it's about:
the ill-fated 1879 expedition of the USS
, led by U.S. naval officer and explorer George Washington De Long, who was looking for a passage to the North Pole via the Bering Strait.
What's inside:
a dramatic account -- informed by letters, diaries, expedition records, and news reports
of what happened when the ship became trapped in pack ice for two years.
Read this next:
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During the 2008 election, President Barack Obama changed people's ideas about the way a modern political campaign could be run by making social media a major component of his efforts. His robust Facebook following and Twitter outreach gained him a slew of followers, and introduced a new way to interact with voters.
Now, in 2012, politicians have even more tools to use: Facebook and Twitter are stronger than ever; Tumblr blogs allow voters to share political posts quickly; and candidates can engage in live blogs and video chats.
While some candidates at the municipal, county, state, and federal levels are implementing these campaign tactics, others have been slower to adopt them, preferring to stick with tried-and-true methods. We followed two separate Congressional campaigns featuring candidates who are using entirely different outreach methods. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, who is running for reelection to a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, has embraced social media—she's been active on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube. Republican Representative Ralph Hall, who is running for reelection to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 4th district of Texas, is barely visible on Facebook and instead sticks to newspaper outreach and press releases.
However, both campaigns have been very successful thus far. Here's a deeper look at how different political campaigns work in the age of Pinterest.
Thoroughly modern McCaskill
One of the most widely discussed episodes of the election season thus far—Missouri Representative Todd Akin's comment about "legitimate rape"—wasn't just a face-palm moment of what not to say when running for a U.S. Senate seat. It also illustrated how much technology has changed modern campaigns—and how a savvy politician can use social media to his or her advantage.
McCaskill had been trailing the Republican Akin in Missouri's hotly contested senatorial race, and many political observers see her seat as one that Republicans need to pick up to gain control of the Senate. But on August 19, the narrative of the race shifted.
At 11:24 a.m. Eastern time, KTVI-TV, FOX News' local affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri, posted a video in which Akin, a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, said that women who are victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant because their bodies have "ways to try to shut that whole thing down." The Internet erupted as Akin's remarks ricocheted around the country.
At 4:28 p.m., McCaskill issued a statement and tweeted her response.
A New York Times article about Akin's comments, along with numerous other media outlets, cited this tweet, which linked to the video in question. Ultimately, it was retweeted more than 3800 times and helped boost McCaskill's visibility nationally and in Missouri. Both her Twitter and Facebook accounts saw an uptick in visitors, many of whom stuck around, according to her campaign.
Akin backed away from his comments,releasing a statement just hours later saying that he misspoke, but by then considerable damage had been done.
A Century in Internet years
When McCaskill unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2004, her fairly robust website featured photos, videos, details about her policy positions, and an email newsletter. But its name—claireonline.com—suggests how long ago 2004 is in Internet years: It evokes Xanga and the Web of yesteryear. Another telltale indicator: the option to download "McCaskill for Governor" AIM buddy icons.
In 2006, McCaskill won a seat in the U.S. Senate with help from a similar, yet more streamlined site, which notably included a blog and an RSS feed. Her campaign used the site to promote her position on one of the biggest issues in that race—stem cell research. But Twitter was in its infancy and two-year old Facebook had just opened its doors to everyone, regardless of network, so these massive communication platforms were not yet a significant addition to any campaign. Barack Obama's much-lauded use of Web strategies in the 2008 presidential campaign was still two years away.
A Twitter maven
McCaskill, a 59-year old mother of three, adapted with the times and joined Twitter in 2008. She quickly rose to prominence as one of the most popular politicos on the site and today has more than 79,000 followers. Her campaign team has rallied behind her Twitter prowess, turning the digital strategy up several notches this election season.
McCaskill has personal control over the account, and her tweets range from sharp political jabs to musings about family and sports. She even sent missives about her goal to lose weight last year. Her tweets are remarkably devoid of uninspired talking points and links to press releases from a PR person or social media professional (who might have been in serious trouble if they had made the mistake of expressing support for "the pubic option" instead of "the public option" in a tweet, as McCaskill once did.) "Her interactions with people are real; It's as authentic as it gets," Alex Kellner, the campaign's digital director, told PCWorld. "When you're a Senator there is a tendency for everyone to want to edit you, and I get tired of that. I yearn to break free and say whatever I want," McCaskill told the Atlantic Wire earlier this year. "Twitter is my space to do that; nobody edits it. It drives my staff crazy...I think the fact that it is flawed and not perfect makes it more genuine and more authentic."
A recent Twitter and Compete study found that users exposed to political tweets are 97 percent more likely to visit donation pages than other users. Because McCaskill enjoys and understands the medium, she has a distinct advantage in using it to get out her message and to drive donations.
Capitalizing on her Twitter presence in the days following Akin's comments, the McCaskill campaign ran promoted tweets that turned up when anyone searched for "legitimate rape" or "Todd Akin." As the race began to draw more and more national attention, McCaskill's team also ramped up its ads on Google, Facebook, and Bing, boosting much-needed traffic and money in a tight contest.
McCaskill is no slouch on Facebook either. She has racked up more than 57,000 likes and put together a vibrant page replete with campaign photos and video. Unlike with traditional media, where a campaign can share little more than a few (often contrived) shots, the senator's Facebook page contains hundreds of pictures of her meeting with constituents, hanging out with volunteers, and giving speeches. Visitors get a personal window into the campaign trail. And the youngest voters aren't the only ones checking her page out; the greatest numbers of visitors by age group are in the 25- to 34-year-old and 55- to 64-year-old brackets.
The campaign has effectively used the social networking site to make the most of some of the race's controversial moments. After Akin characterized McCaskill's presence in a debate as not "ladylike," her campaign wanted to capitalize on the sentiment that the remark might be offensive to some voters. So they turned Akin's quote into a series of punchy graphics that Facebook users shared thousands of times.
Such strategic moves could help decide the very competitive contest. In a race that has included a number of personal and arguably gendered barbs—Akin recently compared McCaskill to a dog—Facebook has emerged as a powerful medium for the senator to use in reacting quickly and publicly. The more effectively McCaskill's campaign can respond Akin's provocative remarks, the better her prospects for reelection will be.
Kellner and a deputy make up the McCaskill campaign's digital team. They update the senator's Facebook page and a separate campaign Twitter account, trying to keep visitors engaged. They are also responsible for monitoring what is said about the senator, and they shoot footage at many of the campaign's events. Other digital tools they've employed include running preroll (short ads that appear before select video content online) and overlay ads (which cover Web pages when you arrive at a site and disappear only when you click to close the ad) that mirror her television spots; a robust YouTube account; a new Twitter account for the campaign's RV, Big Blue; banner ads; and targeted advertising on Facebook. The campaign built its mailing list organically, for the most part, but it does target people based on geography, donation history, and previous interactions with the campaign. "The only challenge is that there are a lot of people talking about politics online, so it can be hard to cut through that and have our message stand out," said Kellner.
But having an authentic candidate's voice behind it—especially on Twitter—makes the task much easier.